Masquerade novelty



l 2 Feb 9 7 E. CURETON MASQUERADE NOVELTY Filed A112. 31. 1923 INVENTORYEdurard Cure ton iatented Feb. 22, 1927.

EDWARD ounnron, or STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA.

- MASQUERADE NOVELTY.

' Application filcd August 31, 1923. Serial No. 660,312.

This invention relates to a novelty for use by the participants inmasquerade parties, carnivals and similar gatherings.

The principal object of my invention is to provide a novelty in the formof a removable attachment to a hat, cap or other head covering, providedwith movable elements, normally almost unnoticeable but capable of being instantly maniuplated by the wearer at will in such a manner as tocreate a startling and at the same time highly amusing effect on abeholder, particularly if such a person is directly in front of thewearer of the at-- tachment. v

My novelty may be very inexpensively produced, so that it may bedispensed free as an advertisingattraction by merchants, and is soeasily applied to a hat as to make it readily adaptable for 'sale on thestreets during a carnival or the like, to be applied by the purchaser tohis hat on the spot without any appreciable effort orv loss of time, andwith no damage being done to any ordinary form of hat or cap.

A further object .of the invention is to produce a simple andinexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly eifective forthe purposes for which it is designed.

These objects I accomplish by means of such structure and relativearrangement of parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the followingspecification and claims.

In the drawings similar characters of ref erence indicate correspondingparts in the severalviews: I I

Fig. 1 is a fanciful outline of;the head of a boy wearing acap, showingmy;novelty applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary view of a base or supporting memberfor one. of the movable elements. 7 V

Fig. 3 is across section on the line 33 of Fig. 2.

My device comprises a pair of duplicate units, one right and one lefthand, and since they are identical in construction, but one of the samewill be described in detail.

Each unit then consists of a base or attaching memberin the; form of aflat plate 1, preferably of cardboard, having mounted therein apluralityof ordinary prong-fastenersQ, such asare commonly used inoffices forholding a number of papers together. The'prongs of these fasteners areadapted to be pressed through the side material of a hat or cap 3andthen bent over so as to The members 1 are to be so located atopposite points on the cap and substantially in vertical alinement withthe ears of the wearer. I

Pivoted at one end on themember 1 for movement in a vertical plane bymeans of a prong-clip f or the like is a fanciful member 5, shaped as adonkeys ear as shown, or of any other suitable design. This member isnormally maintained in a substantially horizontal position rearwardly ofthe member 1 and the head of the wearer by spring means such as a rubberband 6 connected to the members 1 and 5 at suitable points.

To raise the member 5 at will against the pull of the spring to avertical position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, I attach a cord :7to the said member ahead of the pivot 1, the cord'passing through an eye8 in the member 1 at' the rear of the pivot a, and then down either infront of or behind the body of the wearer, as may be desired, to a pointwhere it may be conveniently and unnoticeably' pulled by a hand of theindividual.

The'cords from both members 5 are pref erably united at their lower endsso that a single pull with one hand will cause the raising of bothmembers simultaneously or the cords may if desired be manipulated,individually, so as to give a wiggling effect to the members 5, thesprings of, course continually acting against the pull of the cords.

The effect obtained, on suddenly raising the members 5 in front of aperson confronting or talking to the wearer, andwho is unaware of thepresence of any attachment on the latters hat, owing to the normalinconspicuousness of the raisable members, is

at once startling and ludicrous, the effect of .course being enhanced ifthe wearer at the same time performs some suitable patomimic actions. 7

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I haveproduced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of theinvention as set forthherein.

lVhile this specification sets forth in de- .tail the present andpreferred construction, of the device, still in practice such deviationsfrom such detail may be resorted to asdo not form a departure from thespirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention what I elaim as new and useful anddesire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A support adapted to be removably attached to a but, a fancifulmember pivoted on the support, resilient means holding the fancifulmember in a normal fixed position relative to the support, and meansoperable at will for moving the fanciful member on its pivot against theaction of the resilient means,

2. A support adapted to be removably attached to a hat, a fancifulmember pivoted on the support, resilient means holding the fancifulmember in a normal fixed position relative to the support, and a pullcord attached to the 'tanei'ful member at one end whereby such membermay be pulled to move it on its pivot.

3. A support adapted to be removably attached to a hat, a fancifulmember pivoted on the support, resilient means holding the fancifulmember in a normal fixed position relative to the support, a pull cordattached to an end of the fanciful member on one side oi the pivot, thesupport having an eye on the opposite side ol. the pivot, the pull cordbeing threaded through the eye.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature.

EDWARD CURE'ION.

